Mop



J. McNAUGHTON.

MO P.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 8, 1920.

1,391, 1 32, PatentedSept. 20,1921.

UNITED 'STATES' PATENT OFFICE.

. Joint rreN'AU en'roN, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

' nor- Application filed October 8, 1920. Serial No. 415,569.

T all w 710m it may concern r Be it known that I, JOHN MoNAUeHroN, a subject of the King of England, residing at New York, inthe county of New'York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Mop, ofwhich the following is a I specification.

This invention relates to a mop,'one of its objects being to'provide a structure which I i A further object is to provide a cloth of novel construction having means whereby it can be readily placed in position on the mop head, said means being so shaped as to be held to the handle'of the mop while the, I

r ng up the complete cross strip of the mop is inuse. w I further object is to provide a novel v arrangement of parts for holding the cloth of the mop under compression, thevarious arts of. the mop head belng easily assembled and being held against accidental displacement even though roughlyhandled. With the foregoing and other objects in View, which will appear'as the description proceeds, the inventionresides in the com bination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter de scribed and claimed, it, being understood that, within the scope .of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without de parting from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form oftheinvention has been shown.

In said drawings 1 Figure 1 is a. View partly inside elevation and partly in section of] a mop embodying and against the ear 15 the side'of the mop the present improvements.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the'lnopfhead, the. housing ofthe spring being removed.

Fig; 3 is a transverse section through one Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the completed' cross strip of the head.

' Fig. 8 is a transverse section through; the

reduced'portion of the mop handle and showing the cloth holding means in position.

Referring to the figures by characters of] reference 1 designates a blank of'sheet metal I i substantially oblong and which, in the first step of manufacture, is formed with a cen tral longitudinal slit 2, short transverse slits I intersecting the end portionsof the slit 2', as shown at 3, and central and side lugsv 4 at each end. In the second steo offthe method of making the cross 'stripof the mop head the middle portion of the strip is depressed to substantially semicyli'n'drical"form as shownat 5 in Fig. 6; By a third step of the process the said blank is folded longitudina'lly so as to produce a central; slit sleeve 6 having'oppositel'y extending chan-.

neled wings 7, this sleeve and the wings makhead. 1

Thefront and sides of the mop head are wardly curved lip 9 along the-flower edge I thereof and an outwardly extended. flange 10 alongthe upperedge thereof. The sides 11 of the. mop. head formed by this strip are out'turned at their lower edges,Ias1showIn atv 12 and are formed with longitudinal slots; 13 made by strikingout fl'a-ngeslle'. These flangesdiverge outwardlyas shown par- .ticularly Fig. 3. I An ear 15 is struck out.- iwardly from one end of the slots 13Jand both the flanges .l tand the ear 15 are adapted to be engaged by a substantially. cylindrical housing 16 one end of which;is closed as. shown at 17 while a slot 18 is extended longi- I tudinally of thehousing and-is adapted to receive the flanges 1 1. Thus by sliding the housing 16 longitudinally. onto the fianges 14 head and the housing 16 will. be securely 71 connected together.

A roller 18 is'mount'ed between the sides: I

11 of the mop head and has gudgeons 19 projectingfromthe ends thereof into the respective slots 13 so'astoextend loosely into the housing .16 and bearingagainst each. I

of these. gudgeons 19.is a button 20having a stem21 which projects into. one end ofa;

coiled spring 22. This coiled spring is loosely mounted in the housing. 16 and bears at its otherend against the ear15. Thusit will be seen that the spring presses the but- ..thus-..to form oppositely disposed finger I pieces or loops29 which converge toward, each other to form a clip indicated generally ton firmly against the adjacent gudgeon 19 so 'thatthe roller18 is thus held pressed toward the front strip 8 of the mop head. N otches 23 are formed in the rear portion of each of the sides 11 and are adapted to receive the lugs or'studs 4 formed uponthe ends of the cross strips 6- 7.

T The split sleeve 6 is adapted to receiveone end of a mop handle 24, this handle having an annular reducedportion 25 close to the sleeve, i

a The mop cloth 26, which can be of any suitablematerial, is extended through a loop or'ring 27 of wire or the like, a portion of this loop being'pressed inwardly as at 28 In using'the device herein; described the ring 27 is forced between the strip 8 andthe roller 18 so that thefinger pieces 29 will project upwardly from the mop head. The

user then grasps these. upwardly projecting portions 29 and pulls the ring 27 from between the roller 18 andthe strip 8 and drops the clip portion 30 of'the ring onto the re-l ducedhpart 25 of the handle of the mop.

The ring will slip along this reduced portion and willultimately gravitate onto the end. portion of thehandle closeto the mop head where it, will be securely held in place. The

mop cloth will extend over the mop head as shown and will project downwardly a considerable distance from the head where it can ,be -used like. an ordinary mop cloth.

roller 18 and the strip 8 with the result that water will be extracted from the cloth. The

cloth canthen be reinserted into themop head in the manner hereinbefore pointed out.

Whatis claimed is:

1 In a mop the combinationwith a front cross strip having side portions extending therefrom provided with notches in their free ends, of a cross strip including a central split sleeve, and oppositely extending channel portionsplugs projecting from said channeled portions and seated in the notches,

diverging retaining flanges extending longitudinally along the sidestrips, there being a slot therebetween, a housing slidable longitudinally in engagement with the fian es and'held' to the side strip thereby, aspring within the housing, an expressing roller having gudgeons projecting into the'slots in the side portions, said springs thrusting against the gudgeons, and a handle seated wthin and extending from the split. sleeve.

2. In'a mop a front cross strip, having upon the channel portions notches-ofthe side portions.

side portions formed on said side portions integral therewith and provided with notches in their free ends and longitudinal slots, outwardly diverging flanges along the sides of the slots, an outwardly projecting ear at one end of each slot, housings slidably engaging the flanges for covering the slots, a roller between the side portions and having gudgeons slidably and revolubly mountedinw the slots, springs within the Ihousings, each spring bearing at one end against an ear and thrusting at its other end against a grid? geon, said'springs cooperating to press the j rollernormally against the front strip, and

a back cross strip folded longitudinallyand comprising a central split sleeve andoppO-Q sitely extending channelportions, and lugs 3. In a mop the combinationwith a mop head having a front cross strip, side portions extending therefrom and integral therewith, and a rear cross strip connected to the side portions, said strips and side portionsbeing formed of sheet metal, of a roller slidably and revolubly mounted between. the

seated in the side portions, means for holding the roller 'yieldingly pressed toward" the front cross 1 strip, a handle extending from the rear cross.

stri and havin' an annular reduced or? reduced handle portion. I v

4. In a mop the combination with a handle having an annular reduced portion, of, a

9 5' 'tion, a mop cloth, and. a ring engaged by the mop cloth and having an inwardly extended portion constituting a clip for embracing the mop head consisting of afrontstrip having side portions integral therewith and pro- 1 vided with notches in the free ends ofthe side portions, 2. back strip including a central i-split sleeve and oppositely extending channel portions, lugs upon said channel portions seated within the notches to hold the side portions and back strip assembled, there being longitudinalflslots. in the side portions, outstanding flanges along the sides of the slots, a housing slidably engaging-and retained by the flanges, an'outstanding ear upon each side portion constituting a closure for oneend of the housing,'springs bearing against the ears and within the housing, buttons engaged'by thesprings, a roller intere posed between the side portions, gudgeons extending therefrom and into the slots, said:

gudgeonsbeing engaged bythebuttons, and

i a mop cloth insertible betweenthe roller and I, 7 the front cross strip.

In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my'signature in the presence of. two witnesses.

Witnesses: V W

EDWARD S. MARKS, EDWARD E. MYERS.

" JOHN 'MeNAUeHToNlf I 

